HC Deb 25 February 1993 vol 219 cc661-2W
Ms. Coffey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many empty properties have been purchased under the arrangements announced in the autumn statement; which housing associations have made the purchases and in what areas; and at what total cost.

Mr. Baldry

The latest figures from the Housing Corporation show that by 19 February approvals for the purchase of 16,666 properties had been granted, with 5,755 purchases actually completed.

The assocations making purchases in each of the Corporation's regions were:

London and Home Counties (NE) Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association, Circle 33 HA, East London HA, Family HA, Guinness Housing Trust, London and Quadrant HT, Newlon HT, Shaftesbury HA, Southern Housing Group, Warden HA;

London and Home Counties (NW) Acton HA, Airways Housing Society, Circle 33 HA, Ealing Family HA, Family HA, Network HA, Notting Hill HA, Paddington Churches HA, Peabody HT, Thames Valley HA, Warden HA;

London and Home Counties (S) Airways HS, Beaver HS, Bourne HS, Broomleigh HA, Family HA, English Churches Housing Group, Hexagon HA, Highweald HA, Hyde HA, James Butcher HA, Kelsey HA, London and Quadrant HT, Metropolitan HT, Moat HS, Orbit HA, Peabody HT, Southern HG, Swale HA, Thames Valley HA;

Merseyside Co-operative Development Society (Liverpool), Liverpool HT, Merseyside Improved Houses, Maritime HA, Warrington HA;

North East Bradford and Northern HA, North HA. North British HA, Yorkshire Metropolitan HA;

North West Collingwood HA, Grosvenor HA, Irwell Valley HA. Family HA (Manchester), Manchester Methodist HA, Manchester and District HA, Muir Group HA, North HA, North British HA, Northern Counties HA, North Cheshire HA, South East Lancashire HA, St. Vincent Housing Co-operative, Two Castles HA, West Pennine HA;

West Devon and Cornwall HA, Haig Homes, James Butcher HA, Knightstone HA, Oxbode HA, Oxford Citizens' HA, Redland HA, Swaythling HS, Twynham HA, West Berkshire HA, Western Challenge HA, Winchester District HA, West Dorset HA, Westcountry HA;

West Midlands Birmingham Friendship HA, Bromford Carinthia HA, Focus HA, Mercian HA, Midland Area Improvement HA, Orbit HA, Servite Housing Initiatives, Shropshire Rural HA, South Shropshire HA;

East Midlands Circle 33 HA, Dc Moatfort HS, East Midlands HA, Guinness HT, Leicester HA, Longhurst HA, Loughborough and District HS(1969), North British HA, Sanctuary HA, Suffolk Heritage HA, Suffolk HS.

The total costs incurred by 19 February were:

Source of funds Approvals(£ million) Completions(£ million)
Housing Association Grant 534.96 186.46
Other public subsidy 8.21 31.0
Private finance 298.31 107.88
Total costs of schemes 841.48 297.44

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